How have you incorporated new psoriasis therapies such as deucravacitinib and bimekizumab into your hierarchy of psoriasis treatments?
Are there patients that you find respond best to these therapies?
Answer from: at Academic Institution
I have had good success with both deucravacitinib and bimekizumab and these agents are two welcome additions to our psoriasis treatment arsenal.
For deucravacitinib, ever since I included it in my list of options in treating psoriasis - as an aside, I used to skip over orals due to lack of efficacy...
I’ve begun treating patients with both deucravacitinib and bimekizumab. I tend to prescribe deucravacitinib to patients who prefer oral treatment and who don’t mind the slight herpes simplex/zoster signal associated with the drug. I also use it for patients who have failed multiple biolo...
I have an unusual practice as I treat very severe psoriasis in patients who typically have failed multiple treatments. I've had great success with bimekizumab in some of my hardest-to-treat patients who have failed literally everything else. The question now is, will these patients continue to respo...